Shelly Pans Sen. GOP’s Racing Plan

Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver responded to the Senate Republican plan by calling it “all politics and no substance” and described it an attempt to put racing under the control of appointees of Senate Majority Leader Joseph Bruno and former Republican Gov. George Pataki.

“It is an attempt to permanently install appointees of the former Governor and Senator Bruno to determine the future of racing in New York State,” Silver said in a release. “This plan jeopardizes one of our state’s most important and vital industries, and would have a devastating impact on thoroughbred racing workers and the communities in which racing venues are located.”